Originally posted by cciowa:
Originally posted by Beezy33:make or break is such a tired catch phrase. are you telling me that if we fail to make the playoffs or lose in the first round we will cut JH loose? I do not believe that. after three great years you do not fire someone cuz they had a bad year. we do not even know what factors make up this alleged bad year we are talking about. i do not think the entire fan base is how you paint them. sure a super bowl would be nice but nowadays with the way players change teams, a winning team, always being in the hunt for a divisional crown and making deep runs in the playoffs is about the best you can ask for. this is not the niner thinking of 30 years ago where every year was super bowl or bust. that is unrealistic thinking in this day and age in my opinion. with the way this team is built there will be another group down the road to replace the ones you mentioned and will continue to have success. make or break, the window is closing,, its all silly. after the first year, people said we were a one season wonder. ok after the second year they said teams always suck the next year after making it to the super bowl. ok as you can see we just continue to do well despite what some people "think" is going to happen to us and I foresee that to continue this coming year
All sounds good on paper but I'm not 100% in on Kaep yet. Even though he is most likely innocent, he can't put himself in these situations as the face of this franchise. You don't see this from Rodgers, Manning, Brady, or Brees do you? I'm so glad we haven't signed him to an extension yet so this makes him earn it more. He is still learning and getting better and needs to "get over the hump" with his vision and progressions of throwing the ball.
I honestly believe this is a make of break year for Jim in terms of getting his guys back on track and focused from all the off field issues. If we don't make the playoffs and end on bad notes, I'm not so sure we extend him until after next season. It's so hard to repeat the success he's had from Years 1-3 and he will be given a benefit of the doubt but this fan base demands a SB NOW, and I hope we aren't the Bills/Eagles to always get so close, but never win with this core group of guys, mainly Frank/Justin/Patrick.
Here's to a good and healthy season!!!!
I'm not saying that Jim will be gone we don't make the playoffs this year. I'm saying that he needs to get his players under more control because that's a part of his job. Now, that's easier said than done because he can't control what they do off the field, but at the same time, he does have major influence over them in their lives. All I was referring to was that I think ownership may take a harder look to see if Jim is the long, long term answer for this franchise, including Kaep. I saw a headline a little while back that was something like "Is Jim losing the locker room?" I definitely think there are internal issues that have not yet been brought to the surface and that's why I don't think it's automatic that we extend Jim yet. Too many factors and unknowns right now for this organization going into the 2014 season.
No way do I feel we "suck" or will "suck" this year. I saw this coming early in 2011 that Jim is a special coach and the talent was there. The players just needed different motivation and coaching to put it all together.
I'm a numbers guy and by the odds, it's going to be VERY tough to get back to that NFC Title game in 2014. If anyone can do it, it's us!
[ Edited by Beezy33 on Apr 18, 2014 at 1:33 PM ]
